Nematodes Infect, But Do Not Manipulate Digging By, Sand Crabs, Lepidopa benedicti

We examined sand crabs (Lepidopa benedicti) for endoparasites, and found the only parasite consistently infecting the studied population were small nematodes. Because many nematodes have complex life cycles involving multiple hosts, often strongly manipulating their hosts, we hypothesized that nemat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Joseph, Meera, Faulkes, Zen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
Materias:
Parasitic Manipulation of Host Phenotype, or How to Make a Zombie
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icu064

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icu064

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